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Table 4 Benefits and concerns of US Scan; women interviewed after scan or at subsequent ANC visit

From: “You cannot know if it’s a baby or not a baby”: uptake, provision and perceptions of antenatal care and routine antenatal ultrasound scanning in rural Kenya

Mothers’ views of benefits and concerns after US scan

Number of women (%) N = 30

Number of women (%) N = 25

Benefits of US scan

   

Reassurance

Knowledge of health of baby

30 (100)

22 (88)

Seeing

30 (100)

18 (72)

Confirmation of pregnancy

4 (13)

17 (68)

Confirmation of gestational age

22 (73)

7 (28)

Information

Number of babies

1 (3)

2 (8)

Sex determination

2 (7)

1 (4)

Concerns of US scan

  

Harming the baby

The machine uses rays which could affect the baby

0 (0)

2 (8)

Harming the mother

The machine used during the procedure could hurt the mother

0 (0)

1 (4)

Uncertainty of outcome

Not being sure of state and condition of the baby: implications of low lying placenta

3 (10)

1 (4)